Small seeds grow big trees with thick leavesThat reach for the sunWhile the roots dig deep undergroundWhat goes around comes aroundespecially when there's only so much to go around

Two trees stared at each other in a fieldFamily, a sister and a brother is how they feelBrand new saplings, roots unraveling, branches catchingsun rays just baskingAsking for nothing but the blue, warm sky,breeze blowing by, pure as a newborn's eyeThey're separated by about a half mile but connected by glad smilesThey laugh while the wind blows Because all the trees just danceOtherwise they meditate, surrounded by plant friendsSmaller trees all of these are their tribeTree people so peaceful it's hard to describe

The four seasons brought more freezing windThan a spring that was much more pleasingThe brother tree had a real hard winterAnd blew off some branches and left his bark splinteredThe cold fury of the snow flurries got him so worriedThat he began to grow in a hurryWhen other trees around him tried to be bigger, It was every tree for himself he figuredSo he stretched out his branches and stole their lightAnd he made his roots double almost overnightWouldn't let a sun ray or a drop get byThey pleaded with him, if he didn't stop they'd dieBut he was so scared of being unprepared that he just didn't careHis sister tree stared from way over thereWhere she shared with the familyAnd watched him grow along with his insanity

The years passedThe brother's mere path fading back in a way that was clear as glassSee, this tree thought that if he was the biggest he'd be okHe didn't see it was a sicknessYou can't control how life unfolds and so by the time he was ripe and oldA city had sprung up with lots of tall buildings Before long that field was all filled inBy then he was all aloneSo he got surrounded by brick walls and stoneHis sister had a family, which was really smartBecause they were so beautiful they became a city parkAn itty bitty part of the sky was all he sawShe saw sunsets, swing-sets and seesawsWe all got choices to make so remember,Greed bites like a poisonous snake